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Curriculum Vitae

Richard H. Cyburt
Visiting Assistant Professor
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Michigan State University

Education

University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Passed Ph.D. in Physics, July 2003
Director of Dissertation Research: Dr. Brian D. Fields
Ph.D. Committee Chairman: Dr. Vijay R. Pandharipande
Passed Ph.D. Preliminary Examination, April 2001
Master of Science in Physics, January 2000
Passed Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, September 1999

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale
Bachelor of Science, August 1998
Majoring in Physics and Mathematics

Research and Teaching Positions

Visiting Assistant Professor ...... January 2007 to present
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Michigan State University
Advisor: Dr. Hendrik Schatz
Management of the JINA REACLIB Database project
Research in nuclear astrophysics

Research Associate ...... September-December 2006
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria
Advisor: Dr. Maxim Pospelov
Research in particle astrophysics

Research Associate ...... September 2003-August 2006
Theory Group
TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics
Advisor: Dr. Byron K. Jennings
Research in nuclear and particle astrophysics

Research Assistant ...... March 1999-August 2003
Department of Astronomy
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Dr. Brian D. Fields
Research in primordial nucleosynthesis and cosmology

Teaching Assistant ...... September 1998-May 2000
Department of Physics
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Teaching discussion and lab sections for the algebra-based physics
Review lecturing for exams
Received ``Excellence in Teaching'' Award for
Fall 1998, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000 semesters

Research Assistant ...... September 1996-August 1998
Department of Physics
Southern Illinois University
Advisor: Dr. Ronjia Tao
Research in electro/magneto-rheology